Clinical thermometer systems

Specialist calibration

NPL has combined its expertise in temperature and humidity measurement in order to offer clinical thermometer calibrations.

The ISO standard relating to medical electrical equipment (ISO 80601-2-56) specifies specific temperature and humidity environments in which portable thermometers must be proven to operate.

NPL offers a calibration facility to meet this standard, using the combination of a dry-block calibrator facility placed inside an environmental chamber. A series of fixed temperatures over a range of ambient temperatures (from 15 °C to 45 °C) and humidities (from 20 %rh to 80 %rh) can be accommodated. The time response of the device to applied heating and cooling can also be measured, in accordance with the standard.

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